Shelly Sanders is the author of Daugh­ters of the Occu­pa­tion, pub­lished by Harp­er on May 3, 2022. The nov­el is inspired by her grandmother’s fam­i­ly, many of whom were mur­dered dur­ing the Lat­vian Holo­caust. Shelly is also the author of three Young Adult his­tor­i­cal fic­tion nov­els (The Rachel Tril­o­gy, Sec­ond Sto­ry Press); the first received a Starred Review in Book­list, and two of the three were named Notable Books for Teens from the Asso­ci­a­tion of Jew­ish Libraries. She lives in Toron­to, Cana­da and is rep­re­sent­ed by Bev­er­ley Slopen (Bev­er­ley [AT] slope​na​gency​.ca. Fol­low Shelly on Twit­ter @shelly_sanders and on Insta­gram: fictionbyshellysanders